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diff --git a/doc/mailman-admin.txt b/doc/mailman-admin.txt index a7e67876..39b1a25f 100644 --- a/doc/mailman-admin.txt +++ b/doc/mailman-admin.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ GNU Mailman - List Administration Manual Barry A. Warsaw Release 2.1 - January 29, 2015 + March 2, 2015 Front Matter @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Contents which processes email commands that can be used to set member subscription options, as well as process other commands. * mylist-bounces@example.com - This address receives bounces from - members who's addresses have become either temporarily or + members whose addresses have become either temporarily or permanently inactive. The -bounces address is also a mail robot that processes bounces and automatically disables or removes members as configured in the bounce processing settings. Any bounce @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Contents 1.3 A List's Web Pages Every mailing list is also accessible by a number of web pages. Note - that the exact urls is configurable by the site administrator, so they + that the exact urls are configurable by the site administrator, so they may be different than what's described below. We'll describe the most common default configuration, but check with your site administrator or hosting service for details. @@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ Contents ``qrunner'') that processes messages in the queue. The qrunners are idle when there are no messages to process. - Every message in the queues are represented by two files, a message - file and a metadata file. Both of these files share the same base name, + Every message in the queues is represented by two files, a message file + and a metadata file. Both of these files share the same base name, which is a combination of a unique hash and the Unix time that the message was received. The metadata file has a suffix of .db and the message file has a suffix of either .msg if stored in plain text, or @@ -326,14 +326,14 @@ Contents the Subject:. Mailman is careful not to add a prefix when the header already has one, as is the case in replies for example. The prefix can also contain characters in the list's preferred - language. In this case, because of vagarities of the email + language. In this case, because of the vagaries of the email standards, you may or may not want to add a trailing space. from_is_list This applies to all non-digest messages sent by the list. For settings that apply only to messages whose From: domain publishes a DMARC p=reject or p=quarantine policy, see the - dmarc_moderaction_action description in section 2.7. + dmarc_moderation_action description in section 2.7. If set to Munge From, it replaces the From: header address with the list's posting address to mitigate issues stemming from the @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Contents possible, but our biases may still peak through. Reply-To: is a header that is commonly used to redirect replies to - messages. Exactly what happens when your uses reply to such a message + messages. Exactly what happens when your users reply to such a message depends on the mail readers your users use, and what functions they provide. Usually, there is both a ``reply to sender'' button and a ``reply to all'' button. If people use these buttons correctly, you @@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ Contents 2.1.3 Umbrella list settings - TBD. Note that umbrella lists are deprecated and will be replace with a - better mechanism for Mailman 3.0. + TBD. Note that umbrella lists are deprecated and will be replaced with + a better mechanism for Mailman 3.0. 2.1.4 Notifications @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ Contents It's generally not a good idea to change this value, since its default value is specified when the mailing list is created. Changing this to an incorrect value could make it difficult to - contact your mailing list. Also not that the url used to visit + contact your mailing list. Also note that the url used to visit the list's pages is not configurable through the web interface. This is because if you messed it up, you'd have to have the site administrator fix it. @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ Contents that the list administrative pages will be displayed in. Also any messages sent to the list owners by Mailman will be sent in this language. This option is presented as a drop-down list - containing the language enabled in the available_languages + containing the languages enabled in the available_languages variable. available_languages @@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ Contents The Membership Management category is unlike the other administrative categories. It doesn't contain configuration variables or list settings. Instead, it presents a number of pages that allow you to - manage the membership of you list. This includes pages for subscribing + manage the membership of your list. This includes pages for subscribing and unsubscribing members, and for searching for members, and for changing various member-specific settings. @@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ Contents 2.5 The Non-digest Options Category Mailman delivers messages to users via two modes. List members can - elect to receive postings in bundles call digests one or a few times a - day, or they can receive messages immediately whenever the message is + elect to receive postings in bundles called digests one or a few times + a day, or they can receive messages immediately whenever the message is posted to the list. This latter delivery mode is also called non-digest delivery. There are two administrative categories available for separately controlling digest and non-digest delivery. You can even @@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists The second type is called ``plaintext'' digests because they are readable in mail readers that don't support MIME. Actually, they adhere - to the RFC 1153 digest standard. The retain some, but not all of the + to the RFC 1153 digest standard. They retain some, but not all of the original messages, but can also include a summary and headers and footers. @@ -943,11 +943,11 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists Many of the fields in this section are text boxes accepting addresses, one per line. Unless otherwise noted, these also accept regular expressions which will be matched against an address, if the line - begins with a (caret) character. + begins with a ^ (caret) character. 2.7.1 Subscription rules - This subcategory controls the rules for exposing the existance of this + This subcategory controls the rules for exposing the existence of this list, and for what new members must do in order to subscribe to the list. @@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists to unsubscribe from the company newsletter. ban_list - This contains a list of addresses (or regular expressiosn), one + This contains a list of addresses (or regular expressions), one per line, that are banned from ever subscribing to your mailing list. If a match occurs during the subscription process, the request will be automatically rejected, and the requester will @@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists list members, or just to the list administrators. In the former case, a user must enter a valid member's address and password before they can view the roster. In the latter case, a list - administrator's password must be enter; if a matching admin + administrator's password must be entered; if a matching admin password is entered, address field is ignored. obscure_addresses @@ -1026,8 +1026,8 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists 2.7.2 Sender filters When a message is posted to the list, a series of moderation criteria - are applied to determine the disposition of the message. This section - contains the modeation controls for postings from both members and + is applied to determine the disposition of the message. This section + contains the moderation controls for postings from both members and non-members. default_member_moderation @@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists The next batch of variables controls what happens when non-members post messages to the list. Each of these accepts one email address per line; - regular expressions are allowed if the line starts with the (caret) + regular expressions are allowed if the line starts with the ^ (caret) character. These address lists are always consulted in the order in which they're presented on this page (i.e. accepts first, followed by holds, rejections, and discards). @@ -1117,8 +1117,8 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists reject_these_nonmembers Postings from non-members whose addresses match this list are - rejected, i.e. bounced back to the original sender. There - currently is no way to add additional text to the rejection + rejected, i.e. bounced back to the original sender. There is + currently no way to add additional text to the rejection message. discard_these_nonmembers @@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists When messages from non-members are discarded, either because the sender address matched discard_these_nonmembers, or because generic_nonmember_action is Discard, you can choose whether such - messages are forwarded to the lsit administrators or not. + messages are forwarded to the list administrators or not. 2.7.3 Recipient Filters @@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists 2.7.4 Spam Filters This section provides some adjuncts to spam fighting tools; it doesn't - replace dedicated anti-spam tools such as SpamAssassin or Spambayes. + replace dedicated anti-spam tools such as SpamAssassin or SpamBayes. bounce_matching_headers This variable contains header regular expressions, one per line, @@ -1242,9 +1242,9 @@ Description: An example of Mailman mailing lists can be a floating point number. bounce_info_stale_after - Thenumber of days after which a member's bounce information is + The number of days after which a member's bounce information is considered stale. If no new bounces have been received in the - interrim, the bounce score is reset to zero. This value must be + interim, the bounce score is reset to zero. This value must be an integer. bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings @@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ Just add another \section{}, but don't say \appendix again. About this document ... - GNU Mailman - List Administration Manual, January 29, 2015, Release 2.1 + GNU Mailman - List Administration Manual, March 2, 2015, Release 2.1 This document was generated using the LaTeX2HTML translator. @@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ Just add another \section{}, but don't say \appendix again. The site administrator can configure lists to use a simpler interpolation format, where $list_name or ${list_name} would be substituted with the mailing list's name. Ask your site - administrator if the've configured your list this way. + administrator if they've configured your list this way. ... list^3 For backward compatibility, the variable _internal_name is @@ -1389,4 +1389,4 @@ Just add another \section{}, but don't say \appendix again. Manual __________________________________________________________________ - Release 2.1, documentation updated on January 29, 2015. + Release 2.1, documentation updated on March 2, 2015. |